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Google’s open-source HEIR lets AI work with data it can’t see

Google released HEIR, an open-source compiler toolchain for homomorphic encryption that converts pre-trained AI models to process encrypted data without decrypting it. The platform, developed by Google researchers and engineers, targets application developers, compiler engineers, hardware designers, and cryptography researchers building privacy-focused software. Staff Software Engineer Jeremy Kun said cryptographers building on HEIR can focus on their core work.

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Google’s researchers and engineers developed the Homomorphic Encryption Intermediate Representation (HEIR) compiler project, an open-source compiler toolchain and development platform for homomorphic encryption. It can convert pre-trained AI models designed to operate on unencrypted data into models that process encrypted inputs. The platform helps application developers, compiler engineers, hardware designers, and cryptography researchers develop privacy-focused software systems. Source: Google Jeremy Kun, a Staff Software Engineer at Google, wrote that cryptographers building on HEIR can focus … More

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